Research Experience

1. 1990 Investigation of "the synthesis of N-Acetyl-Neuraminic Acid from N-Acetyl- Glucosamine", Department of Biophysical Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories, Berkeley, CA.
2. 1991-1992 Investigation of "the binding affinity of a recombinant phage library on several carbohydrates bound to a column", Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
3. 1993-1994 Investigation of "the action of Il-1B in the DVC on the TRH analogue-induced stomach", Depts. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine.

• Abstract from the American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.

Interleukin-1[beta] in the dorsal vagal complex inhibits trh analogue-induced stimulation of gastric contractility in rats. Morrow, Nancy S., Gerardo Quinonez, Herbert Weiner, Yvette Tache, and Thomas Garrick. CURE\Gastroenteric Biology Center, Departments of Psychiatry, Medicine and Research, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Los Angeles, Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024.